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Q231205: SMS: Migration Wizard Fails w/More Than 50 Characters in Name

Article: Q231205
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbConfig kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbPackage kbPGC kbsmsProvider kbsmsUtil kbSoftwareDist
Last Modified: 11-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run the Program Group Control (PGC) Migration Wizard, the resulting
program name may be truncated, in which case you receive the following error
message:

  error occurred while committing data to WMI: WBEM_E_FAILED

The following message is reported in the Smsprov.log file:

  The program name must be at least 1 and less than 50 characters in length.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs if the program name exceeds the maximum 50-character limit,
which results in an incomplete program migration.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this behavior, ensure that when you create program names, they
are within the character limit of 1 to 50 characters.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbConfig kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbPackage kbPGC kbsmsProvider kbsmsUtil kbSoftwareDist 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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